The NAEV Team is proud to announce the release of NAEV 0.4.0.

NAEV is a 2D space trading and combat game, in a similar vein to Escape Velocity. NAEV is played from a top-down perspective, featuring fast-paced combat, many ships and outfits, and a large galaxy to explore. The game is highly open-ended, letting players proceed at their own paces.

Changelog:

UI:

• Friendly error message when ndata not found.
• Zoom scales dynamically with ship speed and target distance.
• Concept of "security" added to system map.
• Faction territory graphics added to map.
• On-screen display of mission information.
• Landing window and subwindows completely revamped.
• Higher-resolution graphics.
• Ships now have engine glows.
• More sorting.
• In-game configuration editing.
• Controls are able to be set in-game.

Gameplay:

• Complete rebalancing.
• Outfit system wholly rewritten, now uses slots.
• Unused outfits are stored in an inventory.
• Escort ships are now persistent.
• Many new outfits, ships, missions, systems, songs, and sounds.
• Equipment now affects ship manoeuvrability.
• New Great House (Proteron).
• Energy recharges like an RC circuit.

Back-end:

• OpenGL rewrite to be more modular and advanced.
• Multiple sound back-ends including OpenAL with support for EFX extension.
• Added Replaygain.
• Event system added.
• Configuration saving.
• Many bug fixes.
• Now 100% DFSG-compatible!